'Söngvakeppnin 2015' - Show dates

31.01.2015 - Semi Final 1

07.02.2015 - Semi Final 2

14.02.2014 - National Final

Pollapönk represented Iceland 2014 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song 'No Prejudice'. They ended on 15th place in the final. The winner of 'Söngvakeppnin 2015' will perform on one of the two Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May in Vienna. Who should represent Iceland in Austria?

The second Pre-Round of the Hungarian national selection 'A Dal 2015' will take place tonight. 10 contestants perform their songs and at the end lucky six of them will get a ticket to the next round. Here you can see the starting order for tonights show..

'A Dal 2015' - Pre-Round 2 - Starting order

Adam Szabo – 'Give Me Your Love'

Chances – 'The Night'

Gergo Olah – 'A tukor elott'

Gyula Elias feat. Fourtissimo – 'Run To You'

Heni Der – 'Ebreszto'

Iv – 'Fire'

Leander Rising – 'Lojetek fel'

New Level Empire – 'Homelight'

Pankastic! – 'Kicsi a vilag, de nagy vilag'

Saci and Bobe Szecsi – 'Our Time'

The expert jury will give their votes to five of the contestants. The 6th qualified act will be chosen by the 'A Dal'-App votes.

'A Dal 2015' - Show Dates

24.01.2015 - Pre-Round 1

31.01.2015 - Pre-Round 2

07.02.2015 - Pre-Round 3

28.02.2015 - National Final

The Jury:

Magdi Rúzsa

Philip Rákay

Jenő Csiszár

Pierrot

A Dal App voters as 5th juror

András Kállay-Saunders represented Hungary this 2014 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with his entry 'Running'. The song ended on 5th place with 143 points.

The winner of 'A Dal 2015' will represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. Hungary will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th and 21st of May 2015. Who do you want to represent Hungary next year in Vienna?

The voting:

The audience can vote in each show via phone call or sms. Their votes are 50 % of the end result. The other 50 % are the votes from the jury.

Jury members:

Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer)

Darius Užkuraitis

Rosita Čivilytė

Gintaras Rinkevičius

Vilija Matačiūnaitėwon last year the competition and represented Lithatunia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with her song 'Attention'. Lithuania will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May 2015 in Vienna. Who should represent Lithuania in May in Austria?

On 7th of December 2014 the 'Expert Check' found 6 hopefuls for the national selection from Switzerland. The national final will take place tonight in Kreuzlingen. Special guest will be Conchita Wurst, who won in Copenhagen the Eurovision Song Contest with her song 'Rise Like A Phoenix'. The live show will be hosted by Sven Epiney. The show will be aired tonight at 8:10 pm (cet) and you can follow the show on SRF1, RTS, RSI La 2 and via live stream.

'Die Entscheidungsshow' - Starting order

Deborah Bough - 'Take me back to 23'

Timebelle - 'Singing About Love'

Licia Chery - 'Fly'

Andy McSean - 'Hey Now'

Mélanie René - 'Time To Shine'

Tiziana - 'Only Human'

#1 - Deborah Bough – 'Take Me Back To 23'

#2 - Timebelle – 'Singing About Love'

#3 - Licia Chery – 'Fly'

#4 - Andy Mc Sean - 'Hey Now'

#5 - Mélanie René – 'Time To Shine'

#6 - Tiziana – 'Only Human'

The Voting:

50% - Televoting

50% - Expert Jury

The Jury:

SRF

Peter Ramon Baumann (ESC Fanclub)

Lilly Behling (Music Director DGST)

Dano Tamasy (SRF 3)

Mark B. Lay (Vocal Coach)

RTR

AliceBertogg (Host / Singer)

RTS

Grazia Covre (Choreograph)

Valerie Ogier (Journalist)

Nic Maeder (Singer from Gotthard)

RSI

Sebastiano 'Sebalter' Paul-Lessi (Singer, ESC 2014)

Simone Tomassini (Singer)

National Selection - Shows

07.12.2014 - 'Expert Check' (Zürich)

31.01.2014 - 'ESC 2015 - Die Entscheidungsshow' (Kreuzlingen)

Sebaltergot a very good result for Switzerland this year in Copenhagen with his song 'Hunter Of Stars'. He came 13th place in the Eurovision final. Some weeks ago he released his debut album called 'Day Of Glory'. The winner of 'Die Entscheidungsshow' will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May in Vienna. Who should represent Switzerland in Austria? Find it out tonight.. May the best song win :)

Virpi and Katja Kätkä, better known under their stage name CatCat, represented 1994 Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Bye Bye Baby'. Today they released the first song from the upcoming album 'Kukat kauniit'.

CatCat - 'Kukat kauniit aamuin' (Audio)

'Kukat kauniit' - Track List

Kukat kauniit aamuin

Neljän tuulen tiellä

Eilen kun mä tiennyt en

Pieni ihminen

Unten erämaa

Enkeli

Hiljainen tienoo

Eläköön elämä

Jos nyt menet pois

Lainaa vain

Siivet

Näkemiin

The two girls are still very well known for Eurovision fans. Last year they hosted the unforgettable 'Eurovision Cruise' and of course, they performed their Eurovision entry. Do you remember the song?

Thursday, January 29, 2015

On 17th of January the 24 contestants for two Semi-Finals were chosen in a live audition for the Moldovan national selection 'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015'. TRM, Moldovan broadcaster, announced the starting order for the Semi-Finals. Here you can see for Semi-Final 2, which will take place on 26th of February 2015.

'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015' - Show dates

The Jury:

Adrian Beldiman

Andrei Sava

Aliona Triboi

Aurel Chirtoacă

Iurie Badicu

Victor Buruiană

Vlad Costandoi

Cristina Scarlat, who represented Moldova in 2015 at the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Wild Soul', didn't made it to the final. The winner of 'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015' will represent Moldova in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May 2015 in Vienna. Who should represent Moldova in Austria at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest?

Tatyana Grigoryevna Liberman, better known under her stage name Tina Karol, represented 2006 Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song 'Show Me Your Love'. Today she released the video for her new song 'Я все еще люблю' (engl. 'I Still Love')

Tina Karol - 'Я все еще люблю' (Official Video)

On 8th of December released Tina Karol her latest album called 'Помню...' (engl. 'I Remember...'), which includes 8 tracks.

2006 won Tina the Eurovision casting for Ukraine with the song 'I am Your Queen'. Later her Eurovision entry were changed to the song 'Show Me Your Love'. She reached 7th place in the Eurovision final with 145 points. In the same year she released her debut album with the same title. Do you remember her Eurovision entry?

On 17th of January the 24 contestants for two Semi-Finals were chosen in a live audition for the Moldovan national selection 'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015'. TRM, Moldovan broadcaster, announced the starting order for the Semi-Finals. Here you can see for Semi-Final 1, which will take place on 24th of February 2015.

'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015' - Show dates

The Jury:

Adrian Beldiman

Andrei Sava

Aliona Triboi

Aurel Chirtoacă

Iurie Badicu

Victor Buruiană

Vlad Costandoi

Cristina Scarlat, who represented Moldova in 2015 at the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Wild Soul', didn't made it to the final. The winner of 'O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015' will represent Moldova in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May 2015 in Vienna. Who should represent Moldova in Austria at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest?

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The team of Eurovision in Concert announced yesterday the second host for this years EiC, which will take place on 18th of April 2015 in Amsterdam. Cornald Maas, who already was one of the hosts in 2014, was already confirmed. Yesterday evening BIG NEWS were confirmed. Female host for the event will be the one and only Edsilia Rombley!

Edsilia already represented twice the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest. Once in 1989 with the song 'Hemel en aarde' and in 2007 with 'On Top Of The World'. Do you remember her Eurovision entries?

Edsilia Rombley - 'Hemel en aarde'

(Eurovision Performance 1998)

Edsilia Rombley - 'On Top Of The World'(Eurovision performance)

On 28th of November 2014 released Edsilia her latest album 'The Piano Ballads - Vol. 1', which includes 10 tracks. Have you already listened the album?

In April 2014 a record of 25 Eurovision acts from 2014 joined the event and of course it was SOLD OUT! After the concert a lot of the acts celebrated with the Eurovision fans on the official aftershow party till the early morning light...

"I wrote the lyrics for the song and was mainly inspired by Pasha's performing style, which is very passionate and full of emotions, so I knew that he would like the text full of intense emotions. The song is about love, but the type of love which never surrenders and tries to be unchained from deceptions and sadness." said Lidia Scarlat about the song.

The girl in the video is Yuliana Scutaru. Here you can see the Russian version 'ПОКА ЖИВОЙ' from the song.

The National Final Season 2015 is under way and the Team of Radio International would like to invite you to this week's edition of the show with music, interviews and fun. Join in this Wednesday, 28th of January 2015 from 08:00 - 11:00 pm (cet) for the show. Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience, is extremely happy that the show is also aired on the following radio stations:

For further details visit the Radio International website here:

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 28st of January from 8:00 - 11:00 pm (cet), via the website or on FM. Radio International is available live via www.radiointernational.tv and on FM 106.8, Digital Cabel Channel 781 in parts of the Netherlands and via www.livestream.com/radint. In addition, you can pick up Radio International on Malta's Galaxy 105 every Monday from 1:00 - 4:00 pm (cet) hours CET and in Belgium on eurovisiOradio.eu every Sunday evening from 7:00 - 10:00 pm (cet) and again on Tuesday evenings from 8:00 - 11:00 pm (cet). Should you not be able to listen live, the show will appear in the Programme’s Show Archive a few hours after it’s airing on the radio.

Follow those links and be always up to date about Eurovision Radio International:

Vienna will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 after the victory from Conchita Wurst with her song 'Rise Like A Phoenix'. The first tickets for the shows in May were sold already in the middle of December 2014.

This Thursday, 29th of January 2015, starts the second round for the 'OFFICIAL TICKET SALE' for the shows in May this year in Vienna. The first tickets were sold out after only 20 minutes!

'Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015' - Show Date

The winner of 'Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015' will be honoured to represent Denmark at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in May in Vienna. Denmark will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May. Who should represent Denmark in Austria?

Axel Hirsoux won 2014 the national selection from Belgium - 'Eurosong' - with his emotional song 'Mother'. He represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen.

We had the chance to talk to Axel in Cologne on 22nd of November 2014 before he made his soundcheck for the EC Germany 'Club Event 2014'. Read our interview with him below to find out what he had to say...

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Yesterday the first Pre-Round for the Hungarian national selection 'A Dal 2015' took place. Here you can see the contestants in their starting order and who has qulified for the next round.

'A Dal 2015' - Result Pre-Round 1(Qualifiers in bold)

Bori Magyar - Lead Me To Heaven

Balázs Farkas-Jenser - Liar (37)

Gabi Szűcs - Úgysem felejtesz el (37)

PASSED - Mesmerize (43)

Bogi Dallos - World Of Violence (38)

Karmapolis - The Time Is Now (37)

Gergő Szakács - Ősz utca

Timi Antal - Woke Up This Way (televoting)

Vera Tóth - Gyémánt (39)

MDC - Maniac

The green ones were chosen by the jury.
The yellow were chosen as last qualified contestant by the televotes.

PASSED - Mesmerize (A Dal Performance)

'A Dal 2015' - Show Dates

24.01.2015 - Pre-Round 1

31.01.2015 - Pre-Round 2

07.02.2015 - Pre-Round 3

28.02.2015 - National Final

The Jury:

Magdi Rúzsa

Philip Rákay

Jenő Csiszár

Pierrot

A Dal App voters as 5th juror

András Kállay-Saunders represented Hungary this year at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with his entry 'Running'. The song ended on 5th place with 143 points.

The winner of 'A Dal 2015' will represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. Hungary will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th and 21st of May 2015. Who do you want to represent Hungary this year in Vienna?

10 contestants performed on Friday in the 'Eurochallenge' show 2 from national selection 'Eurovision Song Project' to find the representative for Cyprus. Host of the shows was Antri Keratoni. 6 of them are now qualified for the national final next week.

Eurovision Song Project - Trailer (Eurochallenge 2)

Eurovision Song Project - Result 'Eurochallenge 2' (23.01.2015)(Qulifiers in bold)

The Cypriot national final will be on 1st of February 2015. Cyprus will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May 2015 in Vienna. Who should represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in Austria?

The 4th show of 'Eurovizija 2015' eleminated yesterday one participant. Some days ago Milita Daikerytė, one of the qualifiers in the third show last Saturday, withdrew from the Lithuanian national selection because of health problems.

During the last weeks the fans had the chance to vote for their favorite songs on the site of LRT. 'Say You Love Me' is now out of the competition. Here you can see the running order from yesterdays show..

'Eurovizija 2015' - Result Show 4

Edgaras Lubys - This Time

Liepa Mondeikaitė - Take My Love

Tadas Juodsnukis - Factory Hearts

Mia (Vilija Pilibaitytė) - The Right Way

Vaidas Baumila - Not Perfect

Monika Linkytė - Flying

Jurgis Brūzga - No More Tears

Neringa Šiaudikytė - Feel My Love

End of the competition came at the end for Tadas Juodsnukis. Next week two more participants will leave the competition after the show. The 5th show will be broadcast on 31st of January at 8:00 pm (cet)

Saturday, January 24, 2015

TVR, Romanian broadcaster, announced yesterday the details for this years national selection. It will be again only one show to find the representative for Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. The national final will be on 8th of March.

Friday, January 23, 2015

French 2, French public boradcaster, announced today that Lisa Angell will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song 'N'oubliez pas' (Engl. 'Remember'). Listen to the full audio version here:

Lisa Angell - 'N'oubliez pas' (Audio)

After the disaster from 2014 with their representative Twin Twin (the ended on last place..) and the song 'Moustache' it was chosen internally to send Lisa Angell.

Lisa already released three albums and is now the hopeful for France in Austria.

As member of the 'Big 5' countries France is already qualified to perform in the Eurovision final on 23rd of May in Vienna.

'Söngvakeppnin 2015' - Show dates

31.01.2015 - Semi Final 1

07.02.2015 - Semi Final 2

14.02.2014 - National Final

Pollapönk represented Iceland 2014 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song 'No Prejudice'. They ended on 15th place in the final. The winner of 'Söngvakeppnin 2015' will perform on one of the two Semi-Finals on 19th or 21st of May in Vienna. Who should represent Iceland in Austria?